Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red fur is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling copper eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Spring was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Spring's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 14000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are red.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She's also a talented Laborer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 pp. Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a brown tunic with green highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Mardred was born with her father's beautiful face. Mardred abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She's also a talented Shoemaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Canary diamond (5000 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has no hair. He has silver eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Thamuz was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Blue sapphire (700 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. His brown fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are yellow.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Emerald was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miner. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 pp. Moss agate (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Jet (160 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Kelter hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kelter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 7000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Amber (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Rose (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Coral (150 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). White opal (500 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 4'9". She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and her gloved hand is found clutching a whip. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. After a long history of fighting, Kasdeya and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 8000 gp. Coral (60 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.